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EU5 Secret Tips: Formations, Gold Mining, Inheritance Law & More!
This tutorial presents five secret tips for Europa Universalis V designed to enhance the gaming experience. These include effectively managing armies through formations, generating income through favors, customizing inheritance laws, rising to become a duke, and leveraging the Papal State for financial success.
1. ⚔️ Mastering Army Formations: Using Reserves Effectively
- ✅ By default, army formations in EU5 are arranged with various units like cavalry and camp followers mixed together.
- ✅ The 'Formation' option allows you to reposition units, e.g., to the right or left flank.
- ⚠️ Camp followers, who only provide supplies and don't fight effectively, should be removed from the front lines.
- ✅ Secret Tip: Right-clicking on one of the golden areas in the reserve allows you to move units there to keep them out of combat.
- ✅ Cavalry can be strategically placed on the flanks to gain an advantage.
- ✅ The 'Balance Units' option automatically distributes troops to the flanks, but the positioning of camp followers should be checked regularly.
00:01 - 02:19
1. ⚔️ Mastering Army Formations: Using Reserves Effectively
- ✅ By default, army formations in EU5 are arranged with various units like cavalry and camp followers mixed together.
- ✅ The 'Formation' option allows you to reposition units, e.g., to the right or left flank.
- ⚠️ Camp followers, who only provide supplies and don't fight effectively, should be removed from the front lines.
- ✅ Secret Tip: Right-clicking on one of the golden areas in the reserve allows you to move units there to keep them out of combat.
- ✅ Cavalry can be strategically placed on the flanks to gain an advantage.
- ✅ The 'Balance Units' option automatically distributes troops to the flanks, but the positioning of camp followers should be checked regularly.
02:20 - 05:00
2. 💰 Earning Gold Through Favors: Optimally Using Allies
- ✅ Every 10 years, you can request money from allied nations for favors rendered.
- ✅ It is recommended to do this with allies, as it is easier to build up favors there.
- ✅ Favors are obtained by providing support in wars or simply through long alliances.
- ✅ Under 'economic actions,' you can use the 'ask for money' option with countries that have at least 25 favors.
- ✅ The amount of gold scales with the economy of the requested country and your own game development.
- ✅ Large nations like France can give more gold than smaller ones.
- ✅ The AI must have good relations and enough money to fulfill the request.
- ✅ Favors can also be used to obtain settlers, depending on the specific requirements.
05:01 - 09:13
3. 👑 Changing Inheritance Laws: Securing Stability and Succession
- ✅ The current inheritance law can be viewed under 'Government'.
- ✅ Partition can lead to loss of control in provinces as they are divided among the heirs.
- ✅ In some countries, especially in the Holy Roman Empire, inheritance law is blocked by an estate privilege.
- ✅ The estate privilege 'Partition' of the nobility must be removed to change the inheritance law.
- ✅ Removing the privilege can cost stability, so you should be careful not to fall below -10 or -20 stability.
- ✅ After removing the privilege, various succession laws are available.
- ✅ Cognatic Primogeniture allows the eldest child (even female) to inherit, which avoids legitimacy problems.
- ✅ Designated Heir Succession (only for sons) allows the ruler to choose their desired successor, ideally the one with the best stats (especially administration).
- ✅ Changing the inheritance law costs stability and legitimacy.
09:14 - 10:37
4. 🏰 Becoming a Duke in the Holy Roman Empire
- ✅ Becoming a duke as a count in the Holy Roman Empire brings advantages such as higher diplomacy capacity.
- ✅ You can request the title of duke from the Emperor.
- ✅ This requires 25 prestige, good relations with the Emperor, and a minimum population of 200,000.
- ✅ Only a few nations can become kings (Bohemia, Burgundy, Lotharingia, Italy).
10:38 - 14:26
5. ⛪ Wealth of the Papal State: Utilizing Catholic Church Tithes
- ✅ The Papal State is one of the richest nations in the game, although it is relatively small.
- ✅ At the beginning of the game, the Papal State receives the Catholic Church tithe, which brings in a considerable sum of gold.
- ✅ This allows the Papal State to finance high court costs, diplomacy expenses, and stability.
- ✅ An exception is the Schism, during which France also receives church tithes.
- ✅ Rome has a higher tax base than Avignon.
- ✅ Trick: Avignon can be sold to France to make Rome the capital and increase control over the region.